Chapter 532 - 530: An Unexpected Harvest, the Primordial Grotto Heaven
Of all the system notifications, this was the only one that could have caused the Lifebound Space to upgrade!
A Primordial Sacred Object... the Map of Mountains and Rivers?
Holy shit!
’That name alone sounds freaking awesome!’
’The Qin Mansion’s treasury had something like this? I had no idea. I just used it to speed up my evolution.’
’Good thing the system absorbed it automatically.’
’The Qin Family probably didn’t recognize it... which is how I got so lucky.’
’Excellent.’
Now that Chu Sheng understood its origin, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a pure, unexpected windfall!
After the fragment of the Map of Mountains and Rivers was absorbed, it directly upgraded his Lifebound Space into the Primordial Grotto Heaven.
’Doesn’t that mean... I now have my own little world?’
Chu Sheng immersed his consciousness back into the Primordial Grotto Heaven.
Sure enough, he could feel a mysterious connection. He was the master of this domain, and his will was the "Way of Heaven" for this small world!
However, his power was currently insufficient to truly control it or create more things.
With a single thought, Chu Sheng’s will manifested as a body and appeared inside the Primordial Space.
Within this Primordial Space, he reverted to his appearance from his past life, standing on the only small patch of land available.
He bent down and reached out to touch the vibrant little blade of grass.
"Little grass, little grass, grow faster..."
Chu Sheng tried to use his will to urge the blade of grass to grow.
Under his will, the blade of grass actually began to slowly grow taller, visible to the naked eye, by a few millimeters...
But the next second, a sharp pain stabbed at his Divine Soul. His manifested will immediately dispersed, and his consciousness returned to his body in the real world.
Chu Sheng’s mind throbbed with excruciating pain. ’Damn, just making it grow a few millimeters completely drained all eighteen million points of my Mental Power!’
How terrifying.
’It seems trying to reshape this world myself is still too difficult for now.’
’But, no rush!’
’It’s only a matter of time!’
...
After taking stock of his Skills, Chu Sheng finally checked his Realm Comprehension.
The increase in his Realm Comprehension didn’t come from his evolution.
It came from absorbing the power of the Celestial Tribulation!
Most of his Realm Powers were unchanged from before his evolution.
The main improvements were to his Destruction Realm and Thunder Realm, which saw a massive boost.
How massive a boost?
[Destruction Realm: 10,870/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
His Destruction Realm had skyrocketed by 10,000 Comprehension points, advancing from Minor Success to the stage of Origin – Initial Glimpse!
[Thunder Realm: 110,800/1,000,000 (Law – Initial Glimpse)]
That’s right, you’re not seeing things.
His Thunder Realm had increased by a full 100,000 points!
After all, it was a Celestial Tribulation; Chu Sheng had absorbed his fill of Thunder Realm energy.
The Thunder Realm had now become Chu Sheng’s most comprehended Realm, advancing directly to the "Law" stage!
The improvement to his Thunder Realm also greatly enhanced all of Chu Sheng’s thunder-type Skills.
His Celestial Thunder Illusion could now inherit seventy percent of Chu Sheng’s power!
The power of his Nine Tribulations Thunder Prison was on a completely different level now! It was his strongest area-of-effect Skill among his conventional abilities!
Besides these two Realms, his other Realm Comprehension levels were as follows:
[Fire Realm: 38,000/100,000 (Origin – Adept)]
[Spatial Realm: 15,000/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
[Gold Realm: 11,000/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
[Earth Realm: 10,500/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
[Water Realm: 10,300/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
[Wood Realm: 11,000/100,000 (Origin – Initial Glimpse)]
[Time Realm: 6,000/10,000 (Perfection)]
[Life Realm: 550/2,000 (Minor Success)]
Furthermore, the improvements to his Realms also caused a change in Chu Sheng’s Domain Skills.
[Current Domains:]
[Mortal Realm (Great Success)]
[Thunder Domain (Great Success)]
[Five Elements Domain (Minor Success)]
His original Fire Domain had transformed into the Five Elements Domain, as all the Five Elements Realms had reached the Origin Realm stage.
Strangely, however, his Curse Realm Comprehension had also reached the Origin stage, yet it hadn’t formed a Domain Skill.
All in all, the gains from this comprehensive evolution and absorbing the Celestial Tribulation were more than enough!
...
By the time Chu Sheng finished taking stock of all his gains, more than an hour had passed, and the sky had already grown dark.
However, the person Yao was supposed to send to greet them still hadn’t arrived.
During that time, Gu Yuexi had played her bamboo flute three more times, all to no avail.
Chu Sheng poked his head out from Gu Yuexi’s pocket.
"Bzzzz (What’s going on?)"
Gu Yuexi shook her head slightly.
"I don’t know either."
"The ancestral land of the Witch Race is extremely mysterious. Besides playing the flute, I also tried to divine their location, but I came up with nothing."
Chu Sheng tried to sense for himself.
His temporary Blood Covenant with Yao was still active, but he couldn’t sense her location at all.
"Bzzzz (I can’t sense her either.)"
"Bzzz (Could something have happened to her?)"
Since Yao had been willing to accept a mere mosquito like Chu Sheng as her master, it meant she was truly desperate for help.
Therefore, her failure to appear could only mean... something had gone wrong.
Gu Yuexi frowned, unconsciously glancing toward a distant corner, then spoke calmly.
"We’ve come as promised. I will try one last time."
"If no one comes, we’re leaving."
She took out the bamboo flute, placed it to her lips, and the peculiar melody rang out once more, drifting through the mountain range.
This time, finally... someone appeared!
...
A black figure had appeared in the distance at some point.
It was a person in a black cloak, their face obscured. They approached slowly, their voice hoarse.
"Excuse me, are you the guests of the Holy Daughter, Yao?"
Gu Yuexi’s brow furrowed slightly.
She got an indescribable feeling from this person—though he stood right in front of her, it felt as if there was some kind of barrier between them.
Meanwhile, Chu Sheng’s antennae twitched. The person’s scent was very similar to that of Yao and her group, yet there was a slight difference.
He secretly nudged Gu Yuexi.
Gu Yuexi looked at the person before her and nodded.
"Please follow me."
The black-cloaked person turned without another word and walked straight in a certain direction.
Gu Yuexi glanced at Chu Sheng in her pocket.
Chu Sheng buzzed softly.
"Bzzzz (Follow him.)"
The human and the mosquito followed the black-cloaked person, heading north.
After walking for about an hour, the surrounding scenery grew increasingly desolate until the path disappeared completely.
Beneath their feet was cracked earth, surrounded by bare rock, with no sign of human life.
"How much farther?"
Gu Yuexi stopped, her voice icy.
The black-cloaked man didn’t turn back. "Heh heh heh... We’re here."
The moment he finished speaking—
The ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed!
No, it wasn’t collapsing.
The cracked lines in the earth suddenly came to life, surging toward Gu Yuexi from all directions like a giant, opening net!
Black mist billowed from every crack, and within the mist, twisted ancient runes could be faintly seen pulsing.
Gu Yuexi tapped her foot, about to leap into the air—
But she immediately discovered that the sky above had also turned black.
It wasn’t nightfall; a giant black cloth was falling over her head.
The black cloth was also embroidered with dense, bizarre patterns, resembling some kind of ancient totem and emitting a heart-stopping aura.
At the same time, the mist from all directions had already wrapped around her ankles.
The moment the mist touched her skin, it solidified into chains covered in fine barbs. As the barbs pierced her skin, a paralyzing sensation spread rapidly throughout her body.
Gu Yuexi struggled for a moment.
The circulation speed of her Qi Blood Spiritual Power had slowed by more than tenfold.
"The Spirit-Binding Locks of the Witch Race?"
Her tone was calm, as if she weren’t the one being bound.
At that moment, the black-cloaked man finally turned around.
He threw back the hood of his cloak, revealing a gaunt face. Terrifyingly, that face was crawling with centipedes!
"Heh heh heh."
"As expected of the Holy Daughter’s guest, you are quite knowledgeable."
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